B: July 19, 1947 in Montréal, Québec
The vitality of the QuĂ©bec film scene depends on regular booster shots from a certifiable enfant terrible. AndrĂ© Forcier, the eminence grise of iconoclasts, has been making loopy, disrespectful human comedies for nearly forty years. He became interested in film while studying classics at college. A typical Forcier picture is a topsy-turvy mix of harsh realism and goofy fantasy, a poverty-stricken, intoxicating world of bars, rooming houses, and boxing gyms. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringes include Bar salon, Au clair de la lune (in which a dreamy albino bum takes a walk in the sky), and Une Histoire inventĂ©e (in which a lusty actress is followed through the streets by forty adoring lovers). In Le Vent du Wyoming, Forcier celebrates cabaret acts, somnambulism, and boxing; like all his work, it’s poetic and absurd. – Take One’s Essential Guide to Canadian Film |
Features & TV Movies: La mort vue par… (1966) Le retour de l’immaculĂ©e conception (1971) Au clair de la lune (1983) Une histoire inventĂ©e (1990) Acapulco Gold (2004) Coteau Rouge (2011)
Credits as a Screenwriter: Au clair de la lune (1983) Une histoire inventée (1990) Acapulco Gold (2004) Coteau Rouge (2011) |